I paused
On the road to pick those wildflowers
Yeah I stopped
ill indignantly pluck
roaming buds for you
without warning
here
hold these
I paused then too
When I tried to kiss you
And that show was playing
Stars and septette timelines
im sorry you were saying some-thin
but look
shhhh
grab my hand
I paused
before grinned
that round-toothed smile
you so love
or at least write about
i paused to look at you
to smell you one more time
before opening the window
and then again
when the window didnt matter
when "full on" was a demand
when you asked me more questions
when we fought about our limits
ill pause
because i have to
bring you back to
we imagine
careen and just not crash
somersaults and strobe lights
were pausing
for a moment
to change each other
who COULD like this
i wont lie about it
im begging
on two knees
it started as a mean joke
i pray that it ends as no suicide letter
i mean
this poem will self destruct
pause at JUST the right second
May 10, 2013
May 10, 2013 at 1:56 AM UTC
I paused
On the road to pick those wildflowers
Yeah I stopped
ill indignantly pluck
roaming buds for you
without warning
here
hold these
I paused then too
When I tried to kiss you
And that show was playing
Stars and septette timelines
im sorry you were saying some-thin
but look
shhhh
grab my hand
I paused
before grinned
that round-toothed smile
you so love
or at least write about
i paused to look at you
to smell you one more time
before opening the window
and then again
when the window didnt matter
when "full on" was a demand
when you asked me more questions
when we fought about our limits
ill pause
because i have to
bring you back to
we imagine
careen and just not crash
somersaults and strobe lights
were pausing
for a moment
to change each other
who COULD like this
i wont lie about it
im begging
on two knees
it started as a mean joke
i pray that it ends as no suicide letter
i mean
this poem will self destruct
pause at JUST the right second
im just going to pull over here
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